these damn power antennas can be very confusing. previous owner installed an alpine headunit and wired the amp remote lead to the antenna, so the antenna was up whenever the headunit powered up. i cut that wire so now it only goes up when i put it in cd mode. however it won't come back down until i turn off the unit.

i tried wiring a switch inline to control the antenna. all i achieved was either being able to control how far it went up OR being able to lower the antenna all the way whenever i chose. not what i desired, but i gave up. i would be happy with having the antenna drop when i switch back to cd mode.